Gervase Markham wrote: > But the names aren't required to be trademarked.
That sentence is nonsense in legal terms: there is no such thing as "trademarking a name". A name becomes a trademark when you use it as one. Putting it in a list of reserved font names is one way of doing that. I think you are confusing the idea with *registering* a trademark, which is an assurance of trademark protection (it provides a formal means of avoiding conflict and establishing precedence), but it isn't required for trademark protection. In fact, this is exactly like post-1978 US copyright law (and the Berne Convention, IIRC): copyright protection applies from the moment of creation. Registration is a formality, which may make it easier to defend a copyright, but does not change the copyright status. Trademark is similar. We have separate marks for an (unregistered) trademark "TM" and a registered one "(R)". > It's definitely a > restriction over and above trademark law. (I don't think it makes the > license non-free, though.) So, in fact, it is NOT a restriction over and above trademark law. Of course, IANAL, but I'm pretty darned certain of this. Cheers, Terry -- Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
